shiyu

Shiyu, publishing under the Memoir-Studio banner on GitHub, is an independent software publisher with a focused catalog currently consisting of a single package called memoir. True to its tagline, "a memoir that stays on disk," the product belongs to the personal knowledge management and journaling category, offering users a way to record thoughts, memories, and narrative entries in a form that persists as local files rather than being locked into a proprietary cloud service. This design philosophy emphasizes data ownership, longevity, and portability: because entries are stored on disk, they can be backed up, versioned with tools such as Git, searched with standard utilities, and read decades later without dependence on a vendor's servers. Typical use cases include daily journaling, long-form life writing, personal note-taking, and the maintenance of a private archive that can be synchronized across machines or published selectively. The tool fits naturally alongside other plain-text-oriented utilities favored by developers, writers, and researchers who prefer simple, durable formats over database-driven applications. As a small open-source project hosted on GitHub, memoir reflects a common pattern among independent publishers, where a single well-scoped tool addresses a specific workflow and invites community feedback, contributions, and extension. While the catalog remains compact, its emphasis on local-first storage positions it within a broader movement toward user-controlled data and minimal, sustainable software.